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Archive for June, 2009

grown-up grilled cheese

Posted in cheese, fruit, ham, lunch, sandwiches on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I found this while photograzing: Grilled cheese with brie, apricot preserves, and ham on multigrain farm bread. Heavenly. I woke up with a need for asiago bagel but all we had was cinnamon sugar… a fancy grilled cheese would do just the trick for my craving.

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Fenocchio Glacier

Posted in Fenocchio, gelato, musings, Nice on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

21st-century scenario: I was leafing through the Serious Eats feed on my blog reader and nearly leapt out of my seat when I saw this post. At the same time, I was Skypeing with a future Brown classmate (hi, Alp!) who lives all the way in Turkey; he can attest to the yelp of excitement [...]

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truffle

Posted in almond, chocolate, cookie, dessert, easy, snack on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This recipe could not be easier. I followed the preparation to a T but, of course, when it came time to put the dough in to-be-cookies on the sheet, I couldn’t restrain myself and plopped them down in spheres that made them bigger and a bit taller than the ones originally featured. Back to what [...]

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A foray into Mimi’s

Posted in avocado, beef, bread, cheese, dinner, garlic, Latin, Mimi's in the Marigny, mushroom, New Orleans, shrimp, tapas, toast, tomato on June 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Mimi’s in the Marigny is quite a strange place with a split personality. Situated in a big old building on the corner of Franklin and Royal, it fits right into the surrounding Faubourg Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods. Downstairs, it’s a shabby dive bar, complete with messy walls, scattered chairs, eccentric people-watching, and a pool table. [...]

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argument for a salad

Posted in Asian, dinner, healthy, Kona Grill, lunch, salad, snack on June 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I will concede that it is sometimes easy to dismiss the idea of a salad when eating at restaurants. Here, a few reasons one might opt for something else: 1) Salads are boring. 2) There’s a possibility that the greens will be unfresh and repulsive. 3) The salad will be too small and effectively a [...]

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